need help setting up a mail server

hi

i have setup the mx dns records but how do i create accounts and login details etc for [email protected] address


thanks

 

i have manual configure it by opening the files and entering the information and then saving them. I have not using ispconfig or any of your how to's they seem a bit difficult. do i have to use a cp of some sort to setup it up or can i just do it manualy though the files to create the account, because to recevice the email i am just using a email client with the login detail and the the mail.example.com which i have set the dns records to point to a ip and also the mx records for the mail server address.

 

Have a look at this thread: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2

 

i have done what say but it aint working theres no virtusertable and local-host-user in the postfix folder oh also when i restart postfix its say shutting down failed , but starting ok this is on fedora 4

 

You must create these files.

 

do you change any for the code whats in the quote boxes or just type all the code as it is there.


thanks

 

You can do it exactly as described in this post: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4&postcount=2

 

well i have done what it say but the problem i have is , i enter the mail server address as mail.domain.com but when connecting to say time out and the ip. I have set the domain:

www IN CNAME domain.com
domain.com IN A ip
mail IN CNAME domain.com
domain.com IN MX 10 mail.domain.com

i have no firewall on as yet and the port are right thought router, but cant understand why it aint connecting

oh last thing when i go to mail.doamin.com in the browser it display the stanard default start page when there no page in the root dir so it getting though ok.


thanks

 

sorry my bad port was wrong, but it saying that the connection is refused


just done telnet mail.domain.com and to cannot connect to the host:s

 

Do you have a firewall on the server?
Is inet_interfaces set to all in /etc/postfix/main.cf?